Police Deaths Linked to 9/11

Detective Kevin G. Hawkins, left, died May 7, 2007 after serving over 20 years with the Department. He worked in the 17th Precinct. Detective Robert W. Williamson, right, died May 13, 2007 after serving 20 years with the Patrol Borough Manhattan South Anti-Crime unit. Both died of illnesses related to World Trade Center exposure, according to the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation.

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Detective John T. Young, left, died in February 2007 after serving 20 years. Detective James Zadroga, right, died in January 2006 after serving nearly 11 years with the department. Both died of illnesses related to World Trade Center exposure, according to the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation. A bill bearing Zadroga's name was introduced in the Senate in June 2009 to help sick 9/11 responders.

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Police Officer James J. Godbee, left, died in December 2004 after 18 years of service in the 28th Precinct and Manhattan Housing Borough. Captain Edward C. Gilpin, right, died September 7, 2006. Both died of illnesses related to World Trade Center exposure, according to the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation.

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Police Officer Angelo Peluso died, left, in May 2006. He served for over 18 years, in the Department's 10th Precinct, the Detective Bureau Criminal Identification Unit. Police Officer Thomas G. Brophy, right, died in April 2005 after 11 years of service in the 114th and 109th Precincts. Both died of illnesses related to World Trade Center exposure, according to the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation.

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Police Officer Ronald E. Weintraub, left, died in November 2005 after 15 years with the Department. Detective Sandra Adrian, right, died January 11, 2006 of cancer after working hundreds of hours at the Fresh Kills landfill, the site where the debris of the World Trade Center were taken. Both died of illnesses related to World Trade Center exposure, according to the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation.

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Sergeant Claire Hanrahan, left, died August 28, 2007 after working hundreds of hours at Ground Zero, the site of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Sergeant Edward Thompson, right, died from lung cancer after inhaling toxic chemicals and materials while working hundreds of hours at Ground Zero. Both deaths were triggered by World Trade Center exposure, according to the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation.

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Police Officer Patrice M. Ott, left, died in September 8th 2006 after working hundreds of hours at Ground Zero and the morgue. Police Officer Cesar A. Borja, right, died from Pulmonary Fibrosis, a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease. Both deaths were triggered by World Trade Center exposure, according to the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation.

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Detective Roberto Rivera died, left, January 27, 2007 after working hundreds of hours at Ground Zero, the site of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. New York County District Attorney's Office Senior Investigator Fred Ghussin, right, died of cancer after working at Ground Zero. Both died of illnesses related to World Trade Center exposure, according to the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation.

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Detective William Holfester, left, died January 22, 2008 from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Sergeant Michael Ryan died November 5, 2007 of three different forms of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Both deaths were triggered by World Trade Center exposure, according to the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation.

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Police Officer Madeline Carlo, left, died July 15, 2007 of lung cancer. Police Officer Robert Helmke, right, died July 28, 2007 of cancer. Both deaths were triggered by World Trade Center exposure, according to the 9/11 Police Aid Foundation.